Arthaus Musik
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Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Jonas Kaufmann (Florestan), Camilla Nylund (Leonore), Alfred Muff (Don Pizarro) & László Polgár (Rocco)
Orchestra and Chorus of The Zurich Opera House, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Jonas Kaufmann and Camilla Nylund fearlessly [pack] every phrase with compellingly truthful shades of meaning. Harnoncourt's Beethoven is famously raw and earthy: strong on struggle and on the... —
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Verdi: Ernani
Ramón Vargas (Ernani), Ludovic Tézier (Don Carlo), Alexander Vinogradov (Don Ruy Gomez de Silva), Svetla Vassilieva (Elvira), Karine Ohanyan (Giovanna), Maurizio Pace (Don Riccardo) & Gabriele Ribis (Jago)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Daniele Callegari, Jean-Louis Grinda (dir.)
This [DVD] confirms that Ernani fully deserves a place in the repertory, even if Grinda’s staging is conservative to the point of static…it’s the baritone who gets all the best tunes in Ernani... —
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Special offer. Inbrunst im Herzen: Famous German Arias & Scenes
Franz Hawlata (bass), Christine Schäfer (soprano), Paul Groves (tenor), Brigitte Fassbander (mezzo), Eva Marton (soprano), Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), René Kollo (tenor), Waltraud Meier (mezzo)
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Special offer. Strauss, R: Salome
Angela Denoke (Salome), Kim Begley (Herodes), Doris Soffel (Herodias), Alan Held (Jochanaan) & Marcel Reijans (Narraboth)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Stefan Soltesz (conductor) & Nikolaus Lehnhoff (stage director)
Denoke wins her place in the sun as a lithe if hardly sex-kittenish Salome. She has an expressive, secure and slightly dark-timbred voice...Held is a physically and vocally powerful prophet...It's... —
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Overture 1912: Deutsche Oper Berlin
A Film by Enrique Sánchez Lansch
featuring Karan Armstrong, Götz Friedrich, Josef Greindl, René Kollo, Jesús López Cobos, Christa Ludwig, Barry McDaniel, Hans Neuenfels, Aribert Reimann, Donald Runnicles, Dietmar Schwarz, Júlia Várady and the last interview with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau in 2012
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The Tchaikovsky Cycle Volume II
Lydia Shernikh (Tatyana) & Alexander Nenadovsky (Onegin)
The Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Fedoseyev
Of all Tchaikovsky's symphonies, the Second needs the most kick and sheer charm - not qualities uppermost in Fedoseyev's superbly controlled interpretation. The soloists in a strong selection... —
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Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K620
Deon van der Walt, Ulrike Sonntag, Cornelius Hauptmann, Andrea Frei, Thomas Mohr, Patricia Rozario
Chor und Orchester der Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele, Wolfgang Gönnenwein, stage direction by Axel Manthey
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Massenet: Werther
Keith Ikaia-Purdy, Armin Kolarczyk, Tero Hannula & Silvia Hablowetz
Badische Staatskapelle, Daniel Carlberg (conductor) & Robert Tannenbaum (director)
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Wagner: Tannhäuser
René Kollo (Tannhäuser), Waltraud Meier (Venus), Bernd Weikl (Wolfram), Nadine Secunde (Elisabeth), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (Hermann); Bayerische Staatsoper, Zubin Mehta (conductor) & David Alden (director)
